As much as I liked Audioslave and I'm horribly sad to hear that Cornell has gone..haven't gotten the chance to see these boys live, like I would have hoped to...
....I loved Rage even more!! Let's hope that the 1 show that Rage has in April or whatever the date is...will turn into another album and a whole new tour! Viva la Rage!
why would rage get back together? didn't they break up for the same reason Audioslave did? irreconcilable differences?
rage sucked any ways....enough of tom and his BORING solos...Audioslave was good because of Cornell, can't wait to see him solo sometime.
Esther's here and she's sick?
hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks
wasn't the last audioslave album bo-ring? hasn't cornell found his fortune singing bond themes? doesn't he want to sing more songs in french??
methinks it's time for ratm once more - international political quandry... zach's been waiting for this since 1995-ish, and the others have probably been bored since the first audioslave album... so what's the problem??! bring it on.
Being a longtime fan of Chris I will continue to support whatever he does although I am puzzled about the Billie Jean remake mentioned in the article The jury is out on that until we hear it. /quote]
If it's anything like the Live in Sweden version it will kick ass.
thank god i saw them 4 times. the 2003 show at the paramount in seattle is still one of the hardest-rocking concerts i've been to this decade. you were great guys, now bring on RAGE!! holy shit, i never thought i'd be seeing them again. people are gonna get trampled, so be careful..
edit: Revelations was their most complete, best work. getting so much better on repeated listening. I'm pissed at them for not touring in support of it.
yet another article, he says some interesting stuff about Carry On, which made me even more excited about it
Chris Cornell to 'Carry On' Without Audioslave
On Thursday, the same day that Chris Cornell announced the release of his second solo album, 'Carry On,' he also made official his departure from the rock supergroup Audioslave. The singer cited "irreversable personal differences" with bandmates Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk, all of whom were previously in agitpop band Rage Against the Machine.
"I think at this point in my life I'm a person that probably shouldn't be in a band," Cornell told Spinner. "Someone that writes songs as much as me and has the energy and focus in terms of songwriting and performing is probably someone who's more akin to a solo artist than someone who should be in a band." Still, he admits to no regrets about his Audioslave tenure. "Audioslave was a great experience. We made three great records."
With that part of his life now behind him, Cornell is ready to move ahead with 'Carry On,' an album he says covers a wide array of styles, including heavy rockers like 'No Such Thing' and 'Poison Eye,' which evoke the sound of his previous band, Soundgarden. Cornell said he made a point of not writing any riff-rock songs in Audioslave or on his 1999 solo debut album, 'Euphoria Morning,' because he wrote his fair share while in Soundgarden. "But there's enough distance between now and Soundgarden's last record," he said to Spinner. "I got to really write some riff-oriented heavier songs, which I haven't done in a long time. It was exciting."
“Life is life everywhere. Life is in ourselves and not outside us. There will be men beside me, and the important thing is to be a man among men and to remain a man always, whatever the misfortunes, not to despair and not to fall - that is the aim of life, that is its purpose.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“Life is life everywhere. Life is in ourselves and not outside us. There will be men beside me, and the important thing is to be a man among men and to remain a man always, whatever the misfortunes, not to despair and not to fall - that is the aim of life, that is its purpose.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Cornell is ready to move ahead with 'Carry On,' an album he says covers a wide array of styles, including heavy rockers like 'No Such Thing' and 'Poison Eye,' which evoke the sound of his previous band, Soundgarden. Cornell said he made a point of not writing any riff-rock songs in Audioslave or on his 1999 solo debut album, 'Euphoria Morning,' because he wrote his fair share while in Soundgarden. "But there's enough distance between now and Soundgarden's last record," he said to Spinner. "I got to really write some riff-oriented heavier songs, which I haven't done in a long time. It was exciting."
Thats probably what Cornell is afraid of. Instead of him being the odd man out if Rage decides to reunite for the long term, he'll quit first in order to preserve his ego. He made a lot of money pumping out a crappy Audioslave album every year and it wasn't going to last forever. Thats one of the reasons I disliked them so much. They had absolutely no integrity, and it was all about getting paid.
Yeah that's what you get when a producer puts you together. Of course Morello's reasoning for bringing Rage back to oust president Bush is stupid too, what the hell is Rage going to do, get Bush impeached? He's out in 2 years guys, he can't get reelected.
Yeah that's what you get when a producer puts you together. Of course Morello's reasoning for bringing Rage back to oust president Bush is stupid too, what the hell is Rage going to do, get Bush impeached? He's out in 2 years guys, he can't get reelected.
It's not about that. We're really aching for a band to just get up and fucking lead some sort of political movement.. Like Dylan did in the sixties. RATM was (is?) a powerful band that has the ability to inspire HUGE amounts of people. It's not like they're gonna hogtie bush and throw him out of the white house.
It's not about that. We're really aching for a band to just get up and fucking lead some sort of political movement.. Like Dylan did in the sixties. RATM was (is?) a powerful band that has the ability to inspire HUGE amounts of people. It's not like they're gonna hogtie bush and throw him out of the white house.
I think the problem with that is that a lot of people who want to see them don't care about their message but just like the music... which includes myself.
Stone Gossard...riffmeister extraordinaire!
I am a man, I am advanced.....I am the first man to borrow Stone's leather pants!
It's not about that. We're really aching for a band to just get up and fucking lead some sort of political movement.. Like Dylan did in the sixties. RATM was (is?) a powerful band that has the ability to inspire HUGE amounts of people. It's not like they're gonna hogtie bush and throw him out of the white house.
its completely naive to think a rock band is going to make any sort of real difference to a political movement. some people will become more aware of issues but for the most part you are merely preaching to the converted.
The wind is blowing cold
Have we lost our way tonight?
Have we lost our hope to sorrow?
Feels like were all alone
Running further from what’s right
And there are no more heroes to follow
its completely naive to think a rock band is going to make any sort of real difference to a political movement. some people will become more aware of issues but for the most part you are merely preaching to the converted.
Once again, that's not the point. The point is inspiration. It doesn't matter if they do anything or not, but they inspire people - make them feel (whatever it is they're feeling).
The new album's fourteen tracks offer the bluesy and soulful "Safe and Sound", psychedelic "Scar On The Sky", country-flavored "Finally Forever", paeans to persistence in "Disappearing Act" and a slow-grind cover of MICHAEL JACKSON's "Billy Jean" that gives the familiar song a completely new feeling More personal selections include "Ghost", "Arms Around Your Love" and "She'll Never Be Your Man" and alt-rock experimentations "Killing Birds", the anthemic "Silence the Voices"). Fans of SOUNDGARDEN and AUDIOSLAVE will appreciate the harder edge of "No Such Thing" and "Poison Eye" and the redemptive "Your Soul Today".
Pearl Jam has a "Ghost"
What other groups have PJ song titles also:
P.O.D. - Alive
*STP - Down
*Def Leppard - Animal
Audioslave - Ghost
The new album's fourteen tracks offer the bluesy and soulful "Safe and Sound", psychedelic "Scar On The Sky", country-flavored "Finally Forever", paeans to persistence in "Disappearing Act" and a slow-grind cover of MICHAEL JACKSON's "Billy Jean" that gives the familiar song a completely new feeling More personal selections include "Ghost", "Arms Around Your Love" and "She'll Never Be Your Man" and alt-rock experimentations "Killing Birds", the anthemic "Silence the Voices"). Fans of SOUNDGARDEN and AUDIOSLAVE will appreciate the harder edge of "No Such Thing" and "Poison Eye" and the redemptive "Your Soul Today".
Pearl Jam has a "Ghost"
What other groups have PJ song titles also:
P.O.D. - Alive
*STP - Down
*Def Leppard - Animal
Audioslave - Ghost
* Pearl Jam had these song titles after they did.
No, HE is doing Ghost on his solo album, Audioslave split up dude!
No, HE is doing Ghost on his solo album, Audioslave split up dude!
I bet his Ghost is better than the PJ one
I think Audioslave had unreleased track called Sleight of Hand too
“Life is life everywhere. Life is in ourselves and not outside us. There will be men beside me, and the important thing is to be a man among men and to remain a man always, whatever the misfortunes, not to despair and not to fall - that is the aim of life, that is its purpose.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Emancipation Proclamation
Chris Cornell explains how ''irresolvable personality conflicts'' made him decide it was time to say good-bye to Audioslave and pursue his solo projects full-time
Almost as surprising as Rage Against the Machine announcing that they will reunite for April's Coachella festival was last week's statement by Chris Cornell that he's leaving Audioslave (the band comprising Rage's guitarist, drummer, and bass player with Cornell on vocals). The former Soundgarden frontman, who is readying his second solo release, Carry On (out May 1), cited ''irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences'' as the primary reason for his abrupt departure from the platinum-plus-selling band. In talking to EW.com, it seems Cornell has actually known for some time that he was ready to move on.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So Chris, explain your decision to leave Audioslave.
CHRIS CORNELL: It comes down to this: We came from different bands that had pretty tumultuous existences. We agreed to do Audioslave under the premise that it was going to be harmonious and fun for everybody, and as soon as it wasn't that way anymore, I didn't want to do it. We started having problems from day one. There was, of course, this awkwardness where you have a 12-year relationship as a band and then an outsider comes in, particularly one that had a 15-year relationship with another band. For me, it was great creatively, but personally, it was like suddenly having stepparents. And as hard as we all worked at trying to respect different opinions and perspectives, when it came to the inner workings of the band, they had their way of doing things and I had mine. And they seemed to be at odds with one another, too.
The great thing about Audioslave was its downfall for me. Our songs came together like a band of 19-year-olds making music in a garage. We all wrote in one room, and it was really refreshing and exciting, which I think you hear on the record. But I'm not 19 and I've come to a place in my life where to be fully satisfied musically, I need to be able to do what I want.
Is democracy in a band impossible?
It depends on how you deal with it. If you can come to an agreement at some point, that's good. But what usually ends up happening is the person with the most passionate opinion ends up winning. If there was a situation where three people didn't want to do something and the fourth person was like, ''You guys don't understand!'' usually that person would get their way. But like any relationship, you don't lie down on the tracks for everything. You choose your battles. Soundgarden's democracy was pretty normal.
Do you miss the Soundgarden days?
I look back on those days with pride, and I miss the individuals, but there was a lot of band turmoil and a lot of sad things happened. The days of Soundgarden that I truly miss are when nobody really knew what was going to happen; we just knew we had a special scene going on in our city. The days when all the members of Soundgarden would be in the audience for all the other Seattle bands and [vice versa] and there was no end to the amazing creative output of all these different musicians. I miss the innocence of that scene, before everybody had stars in their eyes and people were coming from all over the world to start bands. Seattle became the new Hollywood, which was weird because we were so far away from that. I don't know if it's the weather or what, but I'm still shocked by the creativity that comes out of there. When I was working on ''You Know My Name'' [for Casino Royale] there was a poster on the studio wall for the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players. They're a family from Seattle who go to garage sales, buy old vacation pictures, put them together as a slide show, and write music to it. That kind of naÏve creativity of ''let's entertain ourselves,'' that purity is still there.
What new bands are you feeling these days?
The Arcade Fire. I love the sound of their records. It's lo-fi in a way that reminds me of the indie scene when Soundgarden started, where it's really about the expression — the drums are just a distant hint at a rhythm and you're not really sure what instruments are coming and going — and the mosaic and not trying to make everything discernable. I really like Wolfmother a lot, too. I hear them as combination of heavy metal and the White Stripes, which is cool. They won the same Grammy award that ''Black Hole Sun'' got [in 1995] for Best Hard Rock Performance.
The music industry is changing, albums don't sell the way they used to. How do you adapt?
There are upsides to everything. All you have to do is embrace the way things are going. Clearly, there isn't a lack of enthusiasm toward rock music, but the demographic changed — it got to be younger, more Net-savvy MP3 downloaders. But there are positive aspects to that: Accessibility of your music will generate enthusiasm for your live performance, which narrows the field down to bands that deliver for real. Like, you have to be good at what you do. The other thing is it cuts out the fat of the record industry and weeds out people who are just coasting. It's no longer a situation where people can get big fat checks to sit on their ass doing nothing. These days, if you're not really into music, this isn't a business that you're going to want to be in. I think anything that benefits the listener, the person that pays for music, is good.
How much did Rage reforming spur your decision?
Not much, really. After the third Audioslave record was done, I started an album on my own and made a decision to spend time away from the band. And it was anybody's guess what that time apart would create. But suddenly, my life was in order and I was enjoying every aspect of making music, especially being able to work at home with my family, without the constant give and take. Musically, I felt like I could go in any direction I wanted, and that brought me to the conclusion that it wasn't something that I wanted to do anymore.
Did you talk to any of the guys before or after making the announcement?
They found out with everybody else, and I haven't heard from them at all since.
You've often said that a Rage performance was one of the best live shows you'd ever seen...
Seeing Rage live was the reason that Audioslave existed! It's why I wanted to get in a room with those guys because they were some of the best performances I'd ever seen. And a part of me thinks they should still be a band.
Would you go see them play Coachella this April?
Of course!
Would you get on stage with them?
Now that's a good idea...
“Life is life everywhere. Life is in ourselves and not outside us. There will be men beside me, and the important thing is to be a man among men and to remain a man always, whatever the misfortunes, not to despair and not to fall - that is the aim of life, that is its purpose.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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why would rage get back together? didn't they break up for the same reason Audioslave did? irreconcilable differences?
rage sucked any ways....enough of tom and his BORING solos...Audioslave was good because of Cornell, can't wait to see him solo sometime.
Esther's here and she's sick?
hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks
methinks it's time for ratm once more - international political quandry... zach's been waiting for this since 1995-ish, and the others have probably been bored since the first audioslave album... so what's the problem??! bring it on.
free your mind... and your ass will follow...
edit: Revelations was their most complete, best work. getting so much better on repeated listening. I'm pissed at them for not touring in support of it.
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I think we should send a huge group greeting to RATM at choachelle..
short and sweet..
"WE NEED YOU BACK, THE GOVERNMENT IS FUCKING US, BRING IT ON RAGE"
They'll get the point..
you guys going to coachelle.. make signs, spread the word.. i bet it would be easy as cake to start a chant.
http://www.wishlistfoundation.org
Oh my, they dropped the leash.
Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!
"Make our day"
Chris Cornell to 'Carry On' Without Audioslave
On Thursday, the same day that Chris Cornell announced the release of his second solo album, 'Carry On,' he also made official his departure from the rock supergroup Audioslave. The singer cited "irreversable personal differences" with bandmates Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk, all of whom were previously in agitpop band Rage Against the Machine.
"I think at this point in my life I'm a person that probably shouldn't be in a band," Cornell told Spinner. "Someone that writes songs as much as me and has the energy and focus in terms of songwriting and performing is probably someone who's more akin to a solo artist than someone who should be in a band." Still, he admits to no regrets about his Audioslave tenure. "Audioslave was a great experience. We made three great records."
With that part of his life now behind him, Cornell is ready to move ahead with 'Carry On,' an album he says covers a wide array of styles, including heavy rockers like 'No Such Thing' and 'Poison Eye,' which evoke the sound of his previous band, Soundgarden. Cornell said he made a point of not writing any riff-rock songs in Audioslave or on his 1999 solo debut album, 'Euphoria Morning,' because he wrote his fair share while in Soundgarden. "But there's enough distance between now and Soundgarden's last record," he said to Spinner. "I got to really write some riff-oriented heavier songs, which I haven't done in a long time. It was exciting."
http://www.spinner.com/2007/02/16/chris-cornell-to-carry-on-without-audioslave/
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Wonderful news.
http://www.wishlistfoundation.org
Oh my, they dropped the leash.
Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!
"Make our day"
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
HOLY SHIT I knooooow! Riff-oriented heavier songs? :eek:
WOW! Just when I thought I couldn't possibly get anymore excited about this release.
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Alright, alright... after months of indifference, that paragraph just put me on the Carry On bandwagon.
Tasty.
Artistic integrity and 10 cents will get you cheese on a Whopper at Ye Olde Burger King
old music: http://www.myspace.com/slowloader
http://www.wishlistfoundation.org
Oh my, they dropped the leash.
Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!
"Make our day"
I think the problem with that is that a lot of people who want to see them don't care about their message but just like the music... which includes myself.
I am a man, I am advanced.....I am the first man to borrow Stone's leather pants!
its completely naive to think a rock band is going to make any sort of real difference to a political movement. some people will become more aware of issues but for the most part you are merely preaching to the converted.
Have we lost our way tonight?
Have we lost our hope to sorrow?
Feels like were all alone
Running further from what’s right
And there are no more heroes to follow
So what are we becoming?
Where did we go wrong?
http://www.wishlistfoundation.org
Oh my, they dropped the leash.
Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!
"Make our day"
Pearl Jam has a "Ghost"
What other groups have PJ song titles also:
P.O.D. - Alive
*STP - Down
*Def Leppard - Animal
Audioslave - Ghost
* Pearl Jam had these song titles after they did.
No, HE is doing Ghost on his solo album, Audioslave split up dude!
I bet his Ghost is better than the PJ one
I think Audioslave had unreleased track called Sleight of Hand too
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Emancipation Proclamation
Chris Cornell explains how ''irresolvable personality conflicts'' made him decide it was time to say good-bye to Audioslave and pursue his solo projects full-time
Almost as surprising as Rage Against the Machine announcing that they will reunite for April's Coachella festival was last week's statement by Chris Cornell that he's leaving Audioslave (the band comprising Rage's guitarist, drummer, and bass player with Cornell on vocals). The former Soundgarden frontman, who is readying his second solo release, Carry On (out May 1), cited ''irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences'' as the primary reason for his abrupt departure from the platinum-plus-selling band. In talking to EW.com, it seems Cornell has actually known for some time that he was ready to move on.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So Chris, explain your decision to leave Audioslave.
CHRIS CORNELL: It comes down to this: We came from different bands that had pretty tumultuous existences. We agreed to do Audioslave under the premise that it was going to be harmonious and fun for everybody, and as soon as it wasn't that way anymore, I didn't want to do it. We started having problems from day one. There was, of course, this awkwardness where you have a 12-year relationship as a band and then an outsider comes in, particularly one that had a 15-year relationship with another band. For me, it was great creatively, but personally, it was like suddenly having stepparents. And as hard as we all worked at trying to respect different opinions and perspectives, when it came to the inner workings of the band, they had their way of doing things and I had mine. And they seemed to be at odds with one another, too.
The great thing about Audioslave was its downfall for me. Our songs came together like a band of 19-year-olds making music in a garage. We all wrote in one room, and it was really refreshing and exciting, which I think you hear on the record. But I'm not 19 and I've come to a place in my life where to be fully satisfied musically, I need to be able to do what I want.
Is democracy in a band impossible?
It depends on how you deal with it. If you can come to an agreement at some point, that's good. But what usually ends up happening is the person with the most passionate opinion ends up winning. If there was a situation where three people didn't want to do something and the fourth person was like, ''You guys don't understand!'' usually that person would get their way. But like any relationship, you don't lie down on the tracks for everything. You choose your battles. Soundgarden's democracy was pretty normal.
Do you miss the Soundgarden days?
I look back on those days with pride, and I miss the individuals, but there was a lot of band turmoil and a lot of sad things happened. The days of Soundgarden that I truly miss are when nobody really knew what was going to happen; we just knew we had a special scene going on in our city. The days when all the members of Soundgarden would be in the audience for all the other Seattle bands and [vice versa] and there was no end to the amazing creative output of all these different musicians. I miss the innocence of that scene, before everybody had stars in their eyes and people were coming from all over the world to start bands. Seattle became the new Hollywood, which was weird because we were so far away from that. I don't know if it's the weather or what, but I'm still shocked by the creativity that comes out of there. When I was working on ''You Know My Name'' [for Casino Royale] there was a poster on the studio wall for the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players. They're a family from Seattle who go to garage sales, buy old vacation pictures, put them together as a slide show, and write music to it. That kind of naÏve creativity of ''let's entertain ourselves,'' that purity is still there.
What new bands are you feeling these days?
The Arcade Fire. I love the sound of their records. It's lo-fi in a way that reminds me of the indie scene when Soundgarden started, where it's really about the expression — the drums are just a distant hint at a rhythm and you're not really sure what instruments are coming and going — and the mosaic and not trying to make everything discernable. I really like Wolfmother a lot, too. I hear them as combination of heavy metal and the White Stripes, which is cool. They won the same Grammy award that ''Black Hole Sun'' got [in 1995] for Best Hard Rock Performance.
The music industry is changing, albums don't sell the way they used to. How do you adapt?
There are upsides to everything. All you have to do is embrace the way things are going. Clearly, there isn't a lack of enthusiasm toward rock music, but the demographic changed — it got to be younger, more Net-savvy MP3 downloaders. But there are positive aspects to that: Accessibility of your music will generate enthusiasm for your live performance, which narrows the field down to bands that deliver for real. Like, you have to be good at what you do. The other thing is it cuts out the fat of the record industry and weeds out people who are just coasting. It's no longer a situation where people can get big fat checks to sit on their ass doing nothing. These days, if you're not really into music, this isn't a business that you're going to want to be in. I think anything that benefits the listener, the person that pays for music, is good.
How much did Rage reforming spur your decision?
Not much, really. After the third Audioslave record was done, I started an album on my own and made a decision to spend time away from the band. And it was anybody's guess what that time apart would create. But suddenly, my life was in order and I was enjoying every aspect of making music, especially being able to work at home with my family, without the constant give and take. Musically, I felt like I could go in any direction I wanted, and that brought me to the conclusion that it wasn't something that I wanted to do anymore.
Did you talk to any of the guys before or after making the announcement?
They found out with everybody else, and I haven't heard from them at all since.
You've often said that a Rage performance was one of the best live shows you'd ever seen...
Seeing Rage live was the reason that Audioslave existed! It's why I wanted to get in a room with those guys because they were some of the best performances I'd ever seen. And a part of me thinks they should still be a band.
Would you go see them play Coachella this April?
Of course!
Would you get on stage with them?
Now that's a good idea...
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20012333,00.html
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
http://www.wishlistfoundation.org
Oh my, they dropped the leash.
Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!
"Make our day"